BANDON RECORDER
PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP.
aethlaa Which.
Sea««. Fiat«
P olly L arkin
la It«
I'aderatead.
The name "platonic” la not very ac
curately used when It la employed to
discuss the friendship of a man and
a woman into which there enters no
trace of amatory sentiment. Plato tn
various treatises. es|»ecially tbe “Tt-
ma-us" and the "Symposium." speaks
Indeed of a love which is free from
aensuousnese, being tbe love of soul
for soul, but Plato, whose spirit was
tinged with asceticism, was not treat
ing of woman at all, and In general
what be says upon this theme refers
wholly to the affection of man for
man, of tbe binding force of high
character and honor. He goes so far
as to say that the true lover is to be
compared with the true philosopher,
rising from the contemplation of the
many who are beautiful to the con
templation and love of the beauty that
is abstract and absolute. In fact, when
he discusses "beauty” be uses the word
almost as the equivalent of "goodness”
—that is, in an ethical rather than in a
physical sense.
Therefore "platonic
friendship” iu its modern conventional
meaning is something which never en
tered Plato's mind.—“Platonic Friend
ship.” in Cosmopolitan.
Makins aa Impression.
A Virginia senator was talking of
negroes and their love of making Im
pressions. He called attention to tbe
well known fact that negroes, as a rule,
wheu paying for a ten cent purchase,
will deliberately fumble through a
large number of bills though they have
the ten cent piece in another pocket.
The senator then told the story of a
negro who saw an advertisement which
read, “Trunk exactly like cut, *6.75.”
On the trunk appeared in large figures
“*6.75.” As the negro contemplated a
trip through the north he forwarded
the money for a trunk, When the
trunk arrived the colored man was
very indignant. The figures were miss
ing from its side. He returned the
trunk, demanding his money back be-
cause of the important omission.
The trunk firm saw the point, ad-
mitted IN error and by way of making
amends agreed to pnlnt an additional
figure. When tbe trunk arrived the
second time the negro was satisfied.
On its side, In glaring colors, werp the
figures “*16.75.”
Tbe Farttan Fathers mid Smoklna.
The Puritan fathers were greatly
addicted to smoking -indeed, the prac
tice became so common that even the
straitlaced observers of times and sea
sons actually smoked in church. This
custom noon caused very considerable
annoyance, as the religious exercises
were greatly disturbed by the clink
ing of flints and steels to light their
pipes and the clouds of smoke in
church. Hence In the year 1669 the
colony passed this law: “It Is enacted
that any person or persons that shall
be found smoking of tobacco oil the
Lord’s day. going to or coming from
tbe meetings, within two miles of
meeting house, shall pay 12 pence for
every such default.” Under this law
several iieraons were actually fined, but
tbe punishment failed to secure the
carrying out of tbe arbitrary second
portion of the enactment.
The First Porterhouse Steak.
The first porterhouse steak was so
named in New York city, in the fa
mous old tavern of Martin Morrison, at
327 Pearl street. This was a favorite
resort of seafaring men. A steak being
called for by an old pilot one night,
Morrison said that he had no steaks,
but would cut and broil for him a
thick slice from the sirloin which had
Just been prepared for roasting the
next day. Morrison's place was known
as the Porter House in the neighbor
hood. and its frequenters soon got to
talking about the Porter House steaks.
Morrison finally told Gibbons, bis
butcher in the Fly market, to cut up
sirloins for him thereafter.
Tke Tall of a Wolf.
The wolf carries its tall hanging
down because In that position it is less
conspicuous and better eludes detec
tion. A family of wolves playing to
gether undisturbed occasionally carry
their tails curled upward. By degrees
the tall acquires naturally the upright
position as a result of coincident evo
lution of the mind of the wolf by do
mestication and of the slow adaptation
of the appendage as an organ of ex
pression. The cessation of natural se
lection in the domestic dog would give
the tall greater freedom of motion
without detriment to life, ami artifi
cial selection modifies it into various
shapes.
Fsrrest'a Great Fewer.
An effeminate young man, an intense
admirer of Forrest, enlisted among the
supers so as to be nearer b‘s idol. At
the end of Forrest's most effective
speech, then on, the new actor was so
overcome that he fainted. The inci
dent so pleased the “old man” that be
called him to bls dressing room, where,
after a few remarks, ne preseuleu him
with a dollar as a memento of the occa
sion. On rejoining his fellow supers,
five in number, the happy recipient
«poke nf h's rood fortii-«. ¿listing upon
the cause thereof. At the next perform
ance Forrest kept his eye on him to
see If he could again so overcome him
as to cause him to faint. When be
reached the acene and climax his as
tonishment can be imagined when six
of the snper« fell over In a dead faint.
Hypocrisy.
'•Can yon sincerely aay that you never
descended to hypocrisy?" asked the
man of severe standards.
“Well,” answered Mr. Bligglns. “I
must confess that I once sat and listen
ed to my daughter's commencement
essay and pretended to be as much en
tertained as if I were at a baseball
game.”—Washington Star.
Kept Rim Waltlas.
Haydon, the English artist. In his
diary, relates how he once went late to
a Sitting given him by the Duke of
Wellington and the old duke tore his
white hair and cried that hr had "sat
to 400 confounded painters and sculp
tors, aud none of them was ever punc
tual.
“Let the tueu attend to politics I
have troubles euougb ol my own with
out botheriug about offices, from the
President down to petty positions,”
said a busy housekeeper the other day
when friends tried to prevail upon her
to join a woman suffrage club and held
out that it was her duty to society, to
good government and to her own fam
ily to do all she could to lift politics out
of tbe corrupt ring it had fallen Into in
the political parties of to-day,and which
could never expect to be purified until
women were recognized and given credit
for having as much sense as immigrants
flocking into this country, who are
practically tbe riff-raff', or, to use an
English expression, “the scum of Eu
rope,” unable to read and write even in
their own language, but who after a
fl ve years' residence in this country be
come capable of voting and are made
citizens, understanding the laws of our
country and tbe (test interests of the
lieople, while clever, educated women
with a keen appreciation of everything
pertaining to the good of the country
are deemed anything but fit subjects to
have a voice pertaining to tbe laws of
tbe State and nation. “There’s where
it hurts,” said one of her visitors. “We
are deemed sufficiently wise to raise
families and send our sons forth into
the battle of life and to aid in making
the laws, but we who have guarded
them with a jealous eye and have tried
to instil into their minds the duties of
an honorable and loyal citizen and
have taught them from their infancy,
are declared incapable. Tbe foreigner,
however, who comes a tieggar into our
'free country,’ who lives on macaroni
and sour wine, both of which he manu
factures himself and who cares not a
penny for our government and whose
vote can be bought for a mere song; ig
norant peeople who never had a say in
tbe affairs of their own country and
whose aim when they pass through our
Justly celebrated open door is to eave
every cent until they get sufficient mon
ey to return to their own country and
live in ease the remainder of their
lives, are given the preference over the
women of our land. It is not right,
and no truer saying than ‘taxation
without representation is tyranny,’ was
ever penned. If every woman would
come to the front and insiston her rights
we would carry tbe day, but there are
too many who look lightly u|s>n this
important question. You can pay your
taxes but you cannot have a vote.”
“All that you say is true,” said the
little lady to her visitors. “I suppose
I ani an ‘old fogy’ in my notions, but I
have been brought up to think that a
womau’s place is her own home circle.
Here, if she does her duty, she has all
she can attend to. It requires good
government and clever generalship to
bring up a family so they will be good
citizens. I propose to do my election
eering at home. I don’t think I will
have to use much strategy to prevail on
my husband and sons to vote for this
one or that one. Politics is not a ta
booed subject with us. We discuss po
litical affairs as much as wedo anything
else that is important. We want our
boys, who are the coming voters, to
understand the subject and hear it
come up for argument in our own
homes. We talk for the benefit of our
boys about the prominent men of the
day as well as the cowing men in great
ness and power. Bumming it all up I
can do more good right here in my
own home than if I was going out
among the people. My vote would not
count for much, but my influence at
home means a great deal.”
know* now to take car« of it, which is
lu liar favor rather tbau against her.
ride I» just about as eccelline as Hetty
Green, always figuring lu some law
suit and Invariably tiuding something
to be dissatisfied about. It's the Gov
ern iilent thia time. She will find an
other pet hobby before loug.” The
missionaries for womau suffrage left In
disgust, believing their subject unres-
sonalile and a hopeless case.
Did you hear of the baby parly given
by a bevy of young people in society’s
realm not long since, where oue of the
phases of the evening’s entertainment
was that each guest roust take some
liquid refreshment from the bottle in
baby fashion? “Tbe whole evening
was devoted to nonsense, ” said a young
lady in speaking about it, “and we
had a glorious time.” It may have
been amusing to those who attended,
but it seems very nonsensical to those
outside of the “charmed circle,” and
looks as though If they had tried bard
enough they might have found some
thing equally as enjoyable, more elevat
ing and lu keeping with their station
in life.
Another popular young lady weut to
a character ball as “wild oats.” Bbe
carried out the idea to perfection. Bear-
let and tinsel, champagne corks galore,
birds, wild oats, etc., made up the strik
ingcostume, whichyou can restassured
did not lail to attract attentiou. It
was not a modest and refined character;
in fact you would not expect it under
such a name, and was not such a char
acter you would expect a very charm
ing young lady to assume at a ball or
any other entertainment for that mat
ter. The baby party aud this character
ball make you think that the society
buds and blue oms are having a serious
time te find something to amuse them
selves with and to kill time.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Air Baths.
“Air baths,” says the Golden Penny,
are all the rage in fashionable Berlin
just now. We all know wbat necess
ary factors light and air are for the
maiutenauceof health. The Berlin air
baths have the great advantage of being
pleasant as well as healthful, and many
of the soCl. ty women of tbe German
capital have taken them up. Even tbe
tiniest children are taken to these
“baths,” as well as young girls and
more elderly women. The main object,
of course, is the exercise of both tbe
muscles and the lungs at thesametime,
and the nondescript kind of bathing
dress worn allows tbe women a delight
ful sense of freedom while practicing
their gymnastic feats or playing at gar
dening in the grounds. It Is scarcely
necessary to add that the garden is kept
as secluded as possible. Surrounded by
high walls, it is situated in a quiet lo
cality Just outside the city.
Fatbetle EaOlag te HlaRrlUlaat aed
Glarlaae Carter.
The story of a vvterau tire horse that
was disabled and fouid his way into
tbe street cleaning dafartment is told
by Sewell Ford In “H>raes Nine.” The
author says:
There was no dels? about his lujtla
tlou. Into his fore ¿of» they brooded
this shameful insc*ptlon, “D. 8. C..
937." On bis back they flung a forty
pound single harases with a dirty
piece of canvas as a blanket. They
hooked him to an iyon dump cart, and
then with a heavy lashed whip they
haled him forth at 5:30 a. m. to begin
the Inglorious work of removing refuse
from the city streets
Perhaps you think Old Silver could
not feel the dligraoe. tbe Ignominy of
it all. OoulA you have seen the lower
ed head, the llnp bung tall, the dulled
eyes and tbe dapirited aag of his quar
ters you woull have thought differ
ently.
It is one thing to jump a hook and
ladder truck u> Broadway to the re
lief of a fire threatened block and
quite another to plod humbly along the
curb from ash can to ash can. How
Silver did hate those cans! Each one
should have been for him a signal to
stop. But it was not In consequence
he was yanks* to a halt every two
minutes.
Sometimes he would crane bis neck
and look mournfully around at tbe un
sightly leg whffh he had come io un
derstand was tie cause of all bis mis
ery! There would come Into his great
eyes a look of such pitiful melancholy
that one might almost fancy tears roil
ing out Then he would be roused by
an exasperated driver, who jerked cru
elly on the lines and used his whip as
if it had been a flail.
To another borae, unused to anything
better, the life would not have seemed
hard. But to Silver, accustomed to
such little amenities as friendly pats
from men, and the comradeship of his
fellow workers. It was like a bad
dream. Had he not lost his caste? Ex
press and dray horses, the very ones
that had once scurried into side streets
at sound of bls hoofs, now insolently
crowded him to tbe curb. When be bad
been on the fire truck 8ilver bad yield
ed the right of way to none, he had
held his bead high; now be dodged and
waited, be wore a blind bridle, and he
wished neither to see nor to be seen.
What Ailed the Clack.
Mrs. Benson’s clock, after having
kept excellent time for several years,
suddenly stopped. After trying for
some time to make it go she removed
It from its shelf and sent it to a clock
repairer.
“Madam.” he said after inspecting.
“Is this clock kept in a damp room?”
“No,” she replied. “We keep It In
the driest room in tbe house.”
“Has it ever had a fall Into a tub of
water or anything of that sort?”
“Never.”
“Well, I can't understand it Its
works are as rusty as if It had been
left unused In a cellar for a year.”
“I can’t see how that can be,” said
Mrs. Benson. “We are so careful of
that clock that we always keep our
vials of muriatic and sulphuric acid
Inside of It. where we know they will
Radium.
never be touched."
Then
tlie jeweler
understood.—
Professor Curie has anuouuced to the
French Academy of Sciences that ra Youth’s Companion.
dium posseaes the extraordinary prop
Slal««atk Ceatsry Laadoa.
erty or continuously emitting neat with
It la a mistako to Imagine that the
out combustion, without a chemical streets of London in the sixteenth
change of any kind, aud without any century presented’a much more lively
chauge in its molecular structure. Ra appearance than they do at present
dium, he states, maintains iu own tem- The everyday dress of the people, even
[»erature at a point 1.5 degrees centi of the highest rank, was almost invari
grade above the surrounding atmos ably made of broadcloth of a sober col
phere. The quantity of heat evolved or, occasionally enlivened with velvet
and smart ribbons. It was only on
is such that a pure radium salt will
state occasion« or festivities, parties,
melt more than iu own weight of ice balls and public entertainments that
every hour, and half a pound of a salt the gay silks and velvets and the cloth
radium will evolve in one hour heat of gold were exhibited, and it must be
equal to that generated by burning one- remembered that so costly were the
third of a cubic foot of hydrogen gas. materials which could then be em
Despite this constant activity, tbe salt ployed in male or female dress that
apparently remains just as poteut as it not Infrequently parents left their best
clothes by will to their favorite chil
was at tbe beginning.
dren as a much valued legacy.
Electric Billiard».
“You should hoar Mrs. Kate Trimble
Woolsey of New York on the subject,”
said one of the ladies. Bbe has just
published a book in Ixmdon entitled
‘Republics vs. Women.’ She dedicates
it, ‘With feelings of congratulation to
tbe women who are subjects of mon
archies and with feelings of sympathy
to women who are citizens of republics.’
Mrs. Woolsey says that ‘republics are
ungrateful to women. No woman can
ever lie president, for in republics the
salic law reigns inexorable as death.
Republicanism is a masculine monop
oly and necessarily confers all its hon
ors, powers, glories and favors exclu
sively upon men. Republicanism is
women's implacable foe. Between it
and her exists an irreconcilable con
flict.’ She says as well that ‘the masses
of tbe United States have placed over
themselves as absolute and perpetual
rulers a handful of tbe most unscru-
P’jlous, grasping and heartless brigands
the world has ever known.’ Bo firm is
Mrs. Woolsev In lier convictions that
she has shaken the dust of the United
States froij) her feet and cast her for
tune with tbe people who are not afraid
to place a woman In the most responsi
ble position tbe people have to give her.
The throne did not totter when Queen
Victoria reigned, and she was beloved
aud worshiped by her subjects.’ ’’ “Tbe
position of Queen Victoria as well ss
other sovereigns before her, have been
the result of royal birth. I doubt very
much whether if the monarch bad to
be chosen by popular vote just as It is
in the United States, leaving out all
thought of their royal lineage, whether
the English people to day would vote
to put a woman in power. No, It
would be a man every time,” said this
little lady, with an emphatic shake of
tbe head. “They haven’t given the
right of franchise to women of to-day;
at least you never hear of them voting
for members of Parliament, etc. I Im
agine they do their electioneering a good
deal as I do mine—at home. Now I
know of this Mrs. Woolsey. She used
to live In Astoria, L. I. Bhe is worth
more than two million dollars and
THE OLD FIRE HORSE.
Tbe very latest innovation in tbe line
of amusements is the playingof electric
billiards, which started in Paris, and is
expected to take New York by storm in
tbe near future. In the ceuter of this
new billiard table is placed a plate of
some easily electrified material. The
billiard baHs are of compressed pitch,
and the cue is a short rod with a cork
tip, chemically prepared. The Itallsare
of course, subject to (lie influence of tbe
electrified plate in the center of tbe
table, and tbe object of the game is to
make caroms despite the repulsion be
tween them. It is said to be pre-emi
nently a game of skill, and experts who
have been sighing for fresh laurels will
undoubtedly greet its arrival with ac
claim.
A Diversitied Country.
Trauscr.ucasia grows almost every
known grain In the world. Tbe forests
of the Caucasian luountaiu range pro
duce? saffron, madder, oak, walnut and
boxwood lumber, while apples, pears
aud grapes groyr wild in these forests to
such ah extent that they an exported
In large quantities. Tbe wine of Cau
casia is also exported, and the cotton of
the country is second only to that of
F^ypL
A census recently oompleted shows
that there are 94,832 children of school
age in Boston, and that 71,632 are pu
pils in the public schisile and 16,601 in
private schools.
It is only a small nature that likes to
“show authority.” The great Lincoln
seemed to apologise for all tbe ruling he
was com,»elled to do.
Orphan children have a hard lot of it
as a general rule, and if you can cheer
the lite of some motherless child do so.
Human sunshine is as good medicine
as sunshine from the sun above—both
warm and cheer.
He who has done evil and unclean
deeds thinks other« would do likewise.
CHOICE MISCELLANY NEW SKORT STORIES FACTS IN FEW LINES
H« Get late «he ’•»»•
At a recent dinner In Washington
Captain----- of the United States navy
told tbe following story about a certain
shallow pated naval captain who was
looked upon with scant respect by bi«
brother officers. From traveling sales
man the man bad turned preacher and.
backed by influence, went to Washing
ton iu Mr. Cleveland's time to get a na
val chaplaincy. When he was intro
duced at tbe White House Mr. Cleve
land looked him over lu bis grave, pen-
etratlng way and said:
••Mr. ----- , this is no case for favorit
ism. We want a man of merit and abil
ity for this post."
The applicant rejoined:
"Mr. President, If it 1» God's will that
1 go into the navy neither you nor any
one else ean keep me out.”
The president eyed him for a moment
and then said dryly:
"Well. Mr. ----- , I’ll do my part any
way. Good morning.”
“The cream of the Joke Is,” said the
narrator, “that the fellow, who really
did get into tbe navy later, told the
story himself, with all seriousness, add
ing. 'And as I left that room I had a
strong conviction that it was not the
will of Providence that I should enter
the navy at that time.’ ”
■aranm aad Ike Lawyer.
Tim late P. T. Baruutu was always
fond of a Joke. His whole career was
studded with instances in which be in
dulged this propensity, says the Boston
Herald But a few days before his
I
death he summoned his lawyer to the
side of the couch where be was lying.
“I am worried,” he said, “about a cer
tain matter, and I want to consult you.
My neighbor keeps peacocks. Suppose
some of them should fly over into my
yard, which they are doing all the time,
and lay some eggs there. Would those
eggs belong to me or could my neighbor
compel me to give them up?"
The lawyer, having duly scratched
his bead, answered: “Well, Mr. Bar
num, I must take time to look Into this
matter. But the beet thing for you to
do wotikl be to keep the eggs ami let
your neighbor sue for their possession.
In that way your rights would be deter
mined and we should have a valuable
test ease.”
“Well,” said Mr. Barnum, “while you
are looking Into the matter will you
find out how it would be If the eggs
wore laid by peahens?”
The lawyer swore softly to himself,
but never made any investigation.
Mortality la the Mali.
The pension bureau recently called
Me .Straps la Berlla Cars.
on a colored applicant for a dependent
There is no hanging on to straps in
widow's pension for proof of the death
the street cars of Berlin, even in the
rush hours. The police regulations for of the former partner of her Joys and
sorrows. The answer she made was
bid the carrying of a larger number of
passengers In a ear than is authorized, not very satisfactory, and again a re
and that number, which is posted con- quest was sent for proof. This is what
she finally sent to the bureau, putting
splcuously io every car, is the same as
a new light on the latitude of inference
the number of seats, plus a few per
even among the colored race:
mitted to be carried on the front and
Dear Snr—I hsv sene your letter an I
rear platforms, usually six persons on tells
you agen my husben he die durln
the two platforms.
the war I never sene him since he left
with
the other soljers wlch went from
When all the seats are filled no pas
senger is permitted to enter the car. here. 1 sent him a number of letters but
he never wrote to my pore lone self but
Stunding in aisles or holding on to onct. The other letters I wrote to him
straps is not permitted—similarly on they cam back. 1 ast the postmaster
the platforms when six passengers which has the postoHs here and he says
they la ded letters that was the first I
have found places there.
knew he was fled I dont remember the
This regulation often separates a date.
man and his wife, who are not allowed
to return home by the same car, but
Didn’t Weigh the Part.
it has the effect that there is no over
There is a story of doubtful origin
crowding and standing on each otber’B which relates how a certain rustic who
feet. The conductor and motormen are had been sent running after Lincoln's
instructed to enforce the regulation, carriage by being told “there goes the
and they do it witbout fear or favor. biggest man in this country.” returned
The conductor is in Germany clothed with aching lungs bud sad face to re
with the authority of a policeman on mark that “be wasn't near as big as
board his car and can put off any Bill Jones.” Similar misconstruction
passenger who misbehaves. This is is said to have been put upon an Idiom
probably the meat of the whole matter. of the stage by a layman friend of
The conductor is a municipal officer William A. Brady at one of the per
within the prescribed limits of bls formances of “Pretty Peggy” in New
duty.
York.
This friend was standing in the
Where Yoath Ha ad lea pa.
wings with the manager when Carl
The other dny I found as my com Eckstrom, who plays the plotting for-
panion in a railway Journey a young
engineer. He had spent a good number
of his not very numerous years In
America, and he had realised the spirit
of that country, in the course of the
conversation, in which he spoke frank
ly of his successes and his failures, of
his difficulties and of his friendships,
he made the observation that the great
est of all his obstacles here In England
would have been the greatest of all his
recommendations in America, and that
was his youth. When he went into a
board of railway directors and sug
gested that be should take on a great
big contract the directors looked up at
his beardless face and could scarcely
keep their rounteuanoM, «o shocked
were they nt the disparity between the
proposal and the age of the proposer.—
T. P.’s W’eekiy.
Oyster Seed.
The Pacific coast is sending across
the continent and across the ocean for
oyster seed. The Pacific coast Is in
need of good oyster seed, and Japanese
as well as American seed Is sought for
the beds. That from the Atlantic sea-
board is from Warebam. Mass., where
the raising and shipping of seed have
become a considerable Industry. It
does not cost much more to bring the
Japanese oysters across the ocean than
it does to ship the Warebatn seed by
rail, and the government Is especially “ don ' t you think he ' s a littlk liohi
FOR A HKAVT MAN?"
desirous of having the oriental stock
Old Comical Fietare«.
tested.
tune teller in tbe piece, began a scene
There is In the museum of Turin.
with Grace George. Mr. Eckstrom is
Italy, a papyrus roll which displays a
Theater Goers’ Rights.
not troubled with superfluous flesh. In
whole series of comical scenes, In the
A German court has decided that any pugilistic circles be would be classed
first place, a lion, a crocodile and an purchaser of a seat in a theater has a as a welter weight The friend afore
ape are giving a vocal and instru- right to demand full view of the stage. said evidently was somewhat struck
mental concert. Next cornea an ass. Not long ago a man bought two seats with his looks, however, for, turning
dressed, armed and sceptered like a in a box in the Central theater In Ber to Mr. Brady, be asked. “Who Is that?”
pharaoh. With majestic swagger he lin. When he discovered that he could
“Carl Eckstrom.” Mr. Brady replied.
receives the gifts presebted to him by I see but a part of tbe stage be went to “He's Miss George's heavy man.”
a cat of high degree, to whom a bull' the box office and demanded his money
Tbe friend glanced at Mr. Brady to
acts as proud conductor. A lion and back. This was refused, and he brought see if he was the victim of a Joke.
gazelle are playing at checkers, a hip suit, which has been decided In his fa Then, tapping Mr. Brady on the arm
popotamus is perched in a high tree vor on the ground that any one pur confidentially, he remarked. "I say.
and a horse has climbed into the tree chasing a seat in a theater must be Will, of course you know your business
able to see the whole of the stage.
and is trying to dislodge him.
better than I know It but don't you
think he's a little light for n heavy
The Meaa.H«lsht of LaaO.
Have Seea the World.
man?”
The mean height of land above sea
There Is no city in the world in
Mr. Brady had difficulty in restraln-
level, according to the most scientific which so large a proportion of the Ing his laughter. Every one wlio un-
geographers, is 2,250 feet. The mean residents have had wide and varied derstands that "heavy man" simply is
depth of the ocean is 12.480 feet. Only experience In travel and observation stage parlance for the actor who im
2 per cent of tbe sea (oceans in gen as Salt Lake City. The explanation of I personates the villain will appreciate
eral) is included inside a depth of 500 this lies in the fact that a large pro how he felt.—New York Times.
fathoms, while 77 per cent lies be portion of the young men in the Mor
tween 500 and 3.000 fathoms. If tbe mon church are sent to foreign coun
Dr. Temple'« Fraakae»«.
land were filled Into the hollows of tries, where after learning the lun-
The archbishop of Canterbury, whom
the seas, water wxtuld roll .yr-er-the-g^ace tfesj'--preach •-»«- tslsslenar'ra.
earth's crust to a uniform depth of These return with cosmopolitan expe England will long remember as one of
two miles.
riences. a broad outlook and greatly 1 l>er most useful and earnest prelates,
was a man of rough speech and no
augmented knowledge.
I courtier.
—
Fain Is a Relatlv« Tern«.
•--A Sew yesrx r.go ae Engifslt
Lnato«'« t’lar t««««r.
“Pain” even th the human suDject Is
purely a relative term. It expresses a
The Welsh of London are up lu arms man was offered tbe bishopric of 8t.
very real sensation, but it does not ex against Mr. Redford, tbe censor of 1 Albans.
He went to Dr. Temple, who was
press Its degree. And so far as man plays, because be has refused to give
kind is concerned the sense of pain, in a license for tbe production of “Llewe , then bishop of London, and said to him.
the intensity in which it ean be felt, lyn eln Llew Olaf,” a historical play I “I have been offered a bishopric, but I
depends very largely indeed upon two by one Beriab Evan«, which denis with am afraid I dare not accept it”
great factors. The first of these la civi tbe life of the Inst native Prince of ! “But you mean to accept it, don’t
lisation. and the second factor la that Wale«. Mr. Redford reject« the play you?" tersely replied the bishop.
•f education.—I-o nd on Magazine.
because it is written in Welsh, n lan I “But, my lord, I am such a bad
guage be does not know. He admits preacher.'*
Fickle* Btatw««.
tbe play might be harmless to tbe I “I know; I have heard you,” replied
The marbles in Westminster palace morals of the community, but be is un Dr. Temple without any more cere-
mony.
are treated to a bath once a year. able to find It out.
They are first sponged off with water
Oil« For Aa«latla* th« Bear.
Wo Familiarities.
and then "pickled.” This pickle con
Butter is noticed by Pliny as used by
with
"I
suppose
you
sre
familiar
stats of a solution of soft soap and sul
the negro and lower classes of Arabs
phur. which removes the Incrustations John Ruskin, Miss Tootles?"
for anointing tbe bodies. The natives
allow
“Indeed I am not! I never
due to the smoke laden atmosphere and
of India prefer strong perfumes for
myself to become familiar with men. this purpose and use oil of santal snd
is said to do the marble no harm.
Mr. Pearson. I have not even met the oil of patchouli. Ravages also grease
i person you refer to!” — Kansas City
their bodies, but probably with the Idea
Tb« Teach at Kiaakt».
of being enabled to escape more easily
Clarice—Why does all the world tors Journal.
from tbe grip of an enemy.
a lover?
Ix»*le aa* Lev*.
Clarence—Oh. because be makes as
Dejected Suitor—If you Intended to
The fellow who sits down and waits
big a fool of himself as all other men
say “no” wby did you let me propose *i for his rich relations to die must con
have made of themselves. — Detroit
8weet Girl—Why. how could I say sider that they are worth their wait In
Free Presa.
“■o” if you didn't?
gold.Phlladelpbla Record.
There are about 30,000 automobiles in
use In the United States.
The limit of a soldier's credit at the
canteen was 20 per cent of bis pay.
Americans are making au effort to
establish a steel plant at Flushlug.
Holland.
The proportion of policemen to popu
lation is one to 307 in Paris, one to 408
lu I aiih I oii and one to 458 in New York.
American tourists annually spend
«broad an average of >75.000.000. and
foreign tourists leave about *20,000,000
here.
Goose quill pens and drying powders
are still used in English law courts and
the bouse of lords and in the French
chamber of deputies.
The editor of a weekly newspaper in
Australia offers himself as a prize to
the woman who writes the best essay
ou the duties of a wife.
Andrew Carnegie has given *100,000
In cash to the Westent Reserve univer
sity of Cleveland. O., the money to be
used In the training of librarians.
In Englund the annual consumption
of southern fruit amounts to fifteen
pounds per head. In Germany It aver
ages not quite three pounds per bead.
The average passenger haul on steam
railways has increased from twenty-
three to twenty-seven miles since elec
trical lines have been conqtetlng for
suburban business.
The botanical papers report that De
Vries, the great Dutch experimental
evolutionist, has hy long continued
selection produced a variety of clover
which has normally four leaves.
Of the 140 steamships now in Mor
gan's combine, operated as the Inter
im tional Mercantile Marine company,
but ten were built In America and but
twelve carry the American dag.
Two black oak chairs said to have
belonged to Mary, queen of Scots, and
to have been rescued when Hawley's
dragoons set fire to Linlithgow palace
were sold in London recently for *220
each.
Of the five new battle ships author
ized by congress the three 10,000 ton
vessels will be named Vermont. Kan
sas and Minnesota, and the two 13,000
ton vessels will be named Mississippi
and Idaho.
Successful experiments have been
made in generating electricity to light
railway trains by placing a fan on the
front end of the locomotive. The pres
sure of the air revolves the fan and
produces the power.
The Monterey (Mexico) steel plant,
with a capital of about *4,000,000 gold,
in which several wealthy Americans
are largely interested, stnrted working
on the 1st of March. It Is expected to
produce 300 tons a day.
There are 2,000 varieties of postage
strnips In circulation today, all of
which have to be identified by the
postmasters. There have been upward
of 40,000 different varieties issued since
stamps came Into use.
A medal has been struck by the Ger
man Samaritan union In honor of Pro
feasor von Esmarch's eightieth birth
day. Thia medal will be awarded to>
those who have distinguished them
selves in the service of the sick.
The marine cable industry was con
fronted by a scarcity of gutta pereba.
which is used to Incase the wires, until
a tree producing it was found on the
Amazon. Now It has been discovered
in abundance In German New Guinea.
As the result of the official inquiry
Into the collapse of the campanile at
Venice it is declared that the case of
the disaster was the cutting of a trench
without the adaption of precautions.
The report censures the district archi
tects.
The Autopiotor Journal, London, de
scribes a new traction engine called
the “pedrail, which literally walks up
stairs with the stride and sure footed-
ness of an elephant” and hauls loads
far In excess of those the wheeled trac
tion engine can move.
Four hundred and fifty acres of land
have been obtained at Blairgowrie,
Perthshire, Scotland, to enable Scottish
peasants to try the Irish schema of
small holdings, but without aid frogai
taxation. Fruit growing and fowl rear
ing are to be insisted on.
The deaths from pneumonia per 10,-.
000 of population in 1800 were 4.40; lm
1870, 10.24; in 1880, 12.58; in 1880,
18.84; in 1000, 19.78, an aggregate in
crease of 349.0 per cent of pneumonia
as compared with an aggregate de
crease of 39.5 per cent of consumption-
The Elgin dairy report says in speak
ing of the Lawrence-Kennedy milking
machine, a New Zealand invention, “Sb
far as the experience of users has gone
the results are of such a satisfactory
nature as to Justify the belief that at
length the mechanical milker has ar
rived.”
An Interesting feature of the applica
tion of electricity on shipboard is the
so called Scbotten telegraph, or bulk
head telegraphy. In the moment of
danger caused by a collision this tele
graph enables the captain on the bridge
to see whether all the water tight doors
are closed or not.
Shooting is by far the most popular
method of ending life, with poison and
drowning In ttie uruPf named. The per-
rentage of «»hides is highest among
those whose mothers were born in
France, with Germany and Russian Po
land second and third. .Th? death rate
from suicide of those whose mothers
were born in the United States is much
lower.
“Magasinltls” is a new word coined
by a French physician to describe the
state of mind similar to intoxication
produced in kleptomaniacs when they
see the tempting display of seemingly
unguarded articles in department
stores. Dr. Dubuisson thinks that the
owners of these stores should try to di
minish temptation as well as to punish
thieves.____________ ___
■■ th«Klakte«atk Ceatary
Envelopes are supposed to be quite
modern, but in the Birch manuscripts
la the British museum. No. 4433-106.
there is a letter from Martin Triewald
to Sir Hans Sloane, dated Stockholm.
April 24. 1755, inclosed In an ordinary
envelope, which is opened out and
mounted at the end of the letter.—
Notes and Queries.
If dogs could speak they would have
something to say about the fool names
that women give then. - New York
Mall and Express.